Dr. Somtoo Obiefuna Arinze-umobi
Dr. Somtoo Obiefuna Arinze-umobi is a SENIOR LECTURER in THEATRE ARTS Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Address: | Theatre Arts, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | THEATRE ARTS |
Social Profiles
Interest Areas
Academic Qualifications
| Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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| 1 | University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. (Doctor of Philosophy, April, 2021) October, 2015 to February, 2020 Doctor Of Philosophy In Theatre Arts Film Studies |
| 2 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. (Master Degree, May, 2010) November, 2007 to May, 2010 Master Of Arts In Theatre Arts Film Studies |
| 3 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. (Bachelor Degree, July, 2006) October, 2002 to July, 2006 Bachelor Of Arts In Theatre Arts Culture And Dramatic Criticism |
| 4 | Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria.. (NECO, June, 2001) September, 1995 to June, 2001 |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | Head of The Department, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Unizik May, 2023 to Present |
| 2 | Deputy Director, Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Unizik February, 2022 to April, 2023 |
| 3 | Deputy Director, Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Unizik July, 2021 to February, 2022 |
| 4 | Examination Officer, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Unizik December, 2010 to October, 2011 |
Creative Output
| Book Chapters | |
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| 1 | Somtoo Arinze-umobi, Nkemakonam Aniukwu. (2013, July) Feminist Echoes and Role Reversals in Nollywood Video Films Federation of University Women of Africa (FUWA), pp 153-163 |
| 2 | Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. (2013, May) The Bastardization of Culture and Value in the Nigerian Home Vidoes: A Study of Selected Nigerian Home Videos , pp 195-209 |
| 3 | Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. (2010, June) Women and Globalization in the NigerianFilm Industry: An Appraisal of SelectedNigerian Films , pp 715-720 |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | Uchechukwu Chimezie Ajiwe, Somtoo O. Arinze-Umobi. (2023, July), "Digital Images and Their Signification Process in Nollywood Films Narratives: A Theoretical Perspective", NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES (NJAH), Vol. 03, (Issue 03), pp 50-58 |
| 2 | DR. SOMTOO OBIEFUNA ARINZE-UMOBI, ONYINYE CHIWETA-ODUAH. (2023, February), "Negative Depictions of Women in Contemporary Nollywood Films: A Critical Analysis of Shanty Town Film", Global Journal of Arts Humanity and Social Sciences ISSN: 2583-2034, Vol. 3, (Issue 2), pp 113-117 |
| 3 | Somtoo Obiefuna Arinze-Umobi, Onyinye Chiweta-Oduah. (2023, April), "Child Abuse in Nigeria: Film as the Window of Advocacy and Information", INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES (IJAAS), Vol. 9, (Issue 1), pp 1-10 |
| 4 | Somtoo Obiefuna Arinze-Umobi, Onyinye Princess Chiweta-Oduah. (2023, March), "The Influence of Satellite TV Stations on Cultural Practices in Eastern Nigeria", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 23, (Issue 2), pp 166-181 |
| 5 | Somtoo Obiefuna Arinze-Umobi, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Akpankwo. (2023, June), "CLASS STRUGGLE AND COLLAPSE OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY IN NIGERIAN PLAYS", NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES (NJAS), Vol. 5, (Issue 2) |
| 6 | Chibuike M. Abunike, Somtoo Arinze-Umobi, PhD. (2023, June), "GREEN DRAMA AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: STUDY OF GREG MBAJIOGU'S WOTA NA WOTA AND WAKE UP EVERYONE", IGWEBUIKE: An African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 9, (Issue 3), pp 103-115 |
| 7 | DR. SOMTOO OBIEFUNA ARINZE-UMOBI, ONYINYE CHIWETA-ODUAH. (2022, December), "Mental Health Perceptions in Nigeria: The Role of Mass Media", Global Journal of Arts Humanity and Social Sciences ISSN: 2583-2034, Vol. 2, (Issue 12), pp 935-941 |
| 8 | Chibuike M. Abunike, Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. (2022, July), "PROFESSIONALISM AS AN AID TO CHARACTER PROFILING IN NOLLYWOOD FILMS: RAMSEY NOUAH AND KENNETH OKONKWO IN FOCUS", AMA: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Vol. 16, (Issue 1), pp 71-82 |
| 9 | Ebekue Emmanuel Onyeka, Arinze-Umobi Somtoo Obiefuna. (2021, July), "BETWEEN THE NOLLYWOOD ACADEMIA AND NOLLYWOOD PRACTICE: ABSENCE OF SYNERGY OR SYNERGY OF ABSENCE", AMA: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Vol. 15, (Issue 1), pp 127-135 |
| 10 | Somtoo Arinze-Umobi, Chibuike M. Abunike. (2021, July), "FEMALE-PERPETRATED DOMESTIC ABUSE ON MEN: A STUDY OF EBUKA ONUMA'S ENEMY OF PROGRESS", OCHENDO: AN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE STUDIES, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 327-353 |
| 11 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Onyinye O. Chiweta-Oduah. (2020, May), "“Culture, Understandin the Place of Film in Promoting and Preserving the African Culture”", Interntional Journal of Arts and Social Science, Vol. 3, (Issue 3), pp 241-249 |
| 12 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Onyinye O. Chiweta-Oduah. (2020, April), "“Covid-19 Crisis Response Strategies: The Place of Mass Media”", International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) |
| 13 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O. (2020, July), "Cultural Flux In Selected Nollywood Films", AMA Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Vol. 14, (Issue 1), pp 215-226 |
| 14 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O. (2019, July), "Cultural Hybridity in Selected Igbo Royalty Films", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 13, (Issue 1), pp 59-90 |
| 15 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Ilo Isaiah U. (2018, July), "Ideological undertone in language hybridization in Nollywood: A study of Selected Films", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 12, (Issue 2), pp 113-138 |
| 16 | Emmanuel O. Ebekue, Somtoo O. Arinze-Umobi. (2017, May), "Restructuring Nigeria for Positive Change: Nollywood and the Biafran Story", Nigerian Theatre Journal: A Journal of the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists, Vol. 17, (Issue 1), pp 14 – 27 |
| 17 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Ebekue Emmanuel O.. (2016, June), "Film As An Agent Of Human Rights Advancement In Nigeria: A Study Of Charles Offor's Bloody Night And Kwame Boadu Somewhere In Africa", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 17, (Issue 2), pp 63-80 |
| 18 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Nwosu Canice C.. (2016, December), "Colonial Alienation and Postcolonial Marginality in African Drama: Implications for Lasting Peace in Africa", International Journal of Arts and Art History, Vol. 4, (Issue 2), pp 101-128 |
| 19 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O., Ebekue Emmanuel O.. (2014, June), "Thematic and Aesthetic Patterns In The Nigerian contemporary Popular Music: A Study of Tuface Idibia", Awka Journal of Research in Music and The Arts, Vol. 10, pp 123-146 |
| 20 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O. (2013, July), "Adapting Folklore in Virtual Drama for the Nigerian Child’s Education", AMA Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies Studies, Vol. 8, pp 83-91 |
| 21 | Arinze-Umobi Somtoo O. (2013, June), "The Role of Film in the Quest for Feminine Voices: Nollywood Video Films in Focus", JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND MINORITY RIGHTS (JWMR), Vol. 13, (Issue 3), pp 229-240 |
| 22 | Chiazom L. Uwandu, Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. (2011, July), "FEMINISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN DRAMA: A STUDY OF THE REIGN OF WAZOBIA BY TESS ONWUEME", JOURNAL OF WOMEN AND MINORITY RIGHTS (JWMR), Vol. 2, (Issue 2), pp 283-291 |
| 23 | Carol Arinze-Umobi, Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. (2011, July), "Copyright Law and the Promotion of Film Industry in Nigeria: A Critique", Journal of Public and Private Law, Vol. 4, pp 275-283 |
| Other Relevant Publications | |
| 1 | Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. "kaima (A Noolywood film)", (Others, 2018 June) I fuctioned as the Producer/Actor in this movie |
| 2 | Somtoo Arinze-Umobi. "Forgotten Secret (A Nollywood Film)", (Others, 2018 April) I functioned as a Producer/Actor in this movie |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Supervisions | |
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| 1 | "COLLAPSE OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN SELECT MODERN NIGERIAN PLAYS" (2023). Completed Masters project by AKPANKWO CHUKWUEMEKA EMMANUEL (2019106007FA) |
| 2 | "SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THEATRE AND FILM INDUSTRY AMONG NIGERIANS: A CRITICAL STUDY OF SELECTED EVENTS" (2023). Ongoing Masters project by OGUNWUYI OMOBOLA ALICE (2018106006F) |
| Editorships | |
| 1 | Editor, "AMA:JOURNAL OF THEATRE AND CULTURAL STUDIES" (July, 2022) |
| 2 | Editor, "AMA: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies" (July, 2021) |
| Examinerships | |
| 1 | Examiner, "2021/2022 First Degree External Examiner" (July, 2022 to September, 2022). Completed External Exam |
| 2 | Examiner, "Migration and (Dis) Illusion (ment) in Selected African Novels" (November, 2022 to January, 2023). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| 3 | Examiner, "SIGNIFICANCE OF CHOIR MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE DIOCESE OF AWKA, ANGLICAN COMMUNION, 1988-2022" (November, 2022 to December, 2022). Completed Internal-External Exam |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | L.O.C Chairman, "Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (December, 2022 to December, 2022) |
| 2 | Collation Officer, "Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)" (February, 2019 to February, 2019) |
| 3 | Collation Officer, "Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)" (March, 2015 to March, 2015) |
| 4 | Foot Baller, "12th Edition of the Nigerian University Staff Sports Association (NUSSA)" (September, 2014 to September, 2014) |
| 5 | Foot baller/Athlete, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka" (December, 2011 to December, 2011) |
| 6 | Examination Officer, "Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Unizik" (December, 2010 to October, 2011) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, "Association of Movie Producers (AMP) Nigeria" (member since 2019), https://www.ampng.org.ng/#:~:text=ASSOCIATION%20OF%20MOVIE%20PRODUCERS%20The%20Home%20of%20Nollywood,core%20values%20that%20benefit%20the%20industry%20at%20large. |
| 2 | Full Member, "National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners" (member since 2011), https://nnn.ng/tag/national-association-nigerian/ |
| 3 | Full Member, "Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA)" (member since 2010), https://www.sonta.org |
| 4 | Full Member, "Actors Guild of Nigeria" (member since 2004), https://www.actorsguildofnigeria.org/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "36th Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA) International Conference/AGM. Theme: Performing Climate Change, Citizens' Agitations and Food Security in Africa", (Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA)), 11th July, 2023 to 14th July, 2023; Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University, Makurdi |
| 2 | "2023 HYBRID INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. THEME: IDENTITY POLITICS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND POLICY OPTIONS IN NIGERIA", (DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA), 30th March, 2023 to 31st March, 2023; DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA |
| 3 | "The 35th Annual Conference and AGM. Theme: Nigerian Theatre in a Digital Era", (SOCIETY OF NIGERIA THEATRE ARTISTS (SONTA)), 29th November, 2022 to 3rd December, 2022; UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA, FCT, NIGERIA |
| 4 | "2022 OHAZULUME CONFERENCE. NDIGBO AND THE NIGERIA'S FUTURE: 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN PERSPECTIVE", (THE DIRECTORATE OF IGBO VILLAGE AND CENTER FOR AFRICAN CIVILISATION (IVACAC) NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 24th November, 2022 to 25th November, 2022; THE DIRECTORATE OF IGBO VILLAGE AND CENTER FOR AFRICAN CIVILISATION (IVACAC) NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA |
| 5 | "2022 FACULTY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. THEME: HUMANITIES AND EDUCATION IN A DIGITAL AGE", (CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY (COOU)), 6th January, 2022 to 6th April, 2022; ETF AUDITORIUM, CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, IGBARIAM CAMPUS |
| 6 | "National Conference of the Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria. Theme: Film, Culture and Society", (Association of Movie Practitioners (AMP) Nigeria), 20th June, 2019 to 20th June, 2019; Luxury City Hotel Aba |
| 7 | "National Conference of Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria (SWGN). Theme: Scripts/ Screen Writing in a Digital World", (Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria (SWGN)), 12th October, 2018 to 13th October, 2018; Binez Hotels Aba |
| 8 | "2017 Annual International Faculty Conference in collaboration with Chinese Research Centre of Nigeria, Conficius Institute, NAU. Theme: Humanities and Change Management", (FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 10th May, 2017 to 13th May, 2017; FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA |
| 9 | "29th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF THE NIGERIAN THEATRE ARTISTS (SONTA)", (SOCIETY OF NIGERIA THEATRE ARTISTS (SONTA)), 9th November, 2016 to 13th November, 2016; DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA |
| 10 | "2015 Annual International Faculty Conference on the Theme: Humanities and African Values", (FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 17th June, 2015 to 16th July, 2023; FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA |
| 11 | "2014 Canadian International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Humanities and Education, Dubai, U.A.E.", (Canadian International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Humanities and Education), 1st December, 2014 to 2nd December, 2014; Dubai, U.A.E |
| 12 | "2014 FACULTY OF ARTS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA. THEME: THE HUMANITIES: QUALITY CONTROL, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND NATION BUILDING", (FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA), 14th May, 2014 to 17th May, 2014; FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA |
| 13 | "The 23rd Annual/African Diaspora Conference, CALIFORNIA State University, Sacramento, Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution.", (Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution.), 24th April, 2014 to 26th April, 2014; CALIFORCALIFORNIA State University, Sacramento, Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution.NIA State University, Sacramento, Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution. |
| 14 | "2011 Annual Faculty of Arts Conference, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.", (Faculty of Arts Conference, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.), 16th May, 2011 to 19th May, 2011; Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
| 15 | "2010 Annual Faculty of Arts Conference, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 21st May, 2010 to 24th May, 2010; Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka |
| Workshop | |
| 1 | "2015 Nigeria-China Academic Exchange Programme, Xiamen University, China", (Hanban China/Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), 15th October, 2015 to 30th October, 2015; Xiamen University, China |